One No Kanata Ni Chichi to Musuko No Nikko Ki Tsuiraku Jiko (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] August 12, 1985. A quarter of a century has passed since the Japan Airlines plane crash. It took that much "time" for the men to tell their stories. Fujioka City, Gunma Prefecture. The bereaved family members were stunned, dismayed, and despairing in the gymnasium where they met their changed families. The sons and daughters still faced the lumps of flesh that made them want to turn away. Time passed, and in time, they became fathers themselves. How did the families overcome the experience of the sudden loss of their loved ones? Nonfiction writer Takamasa Monden visited the sons who lost their father in the Japan Airlines plane crash and depicted their stories of fortitude.

1985年8月12日。あの日航機事故から四半世紀が経つ。男たちが語るにはそれだけの「時間」が必要だった―。群馬県・藤岡市。変わり果てた家族と対面した体育館で遺族は茫然とし、うろたえ、絶望した。息子たちはそれでも目を背けたくなるような肉塊と向き合った。時は流れ、やがて、彼らも自身も父親になった。愛する者を突然亡くした体験を家族たちはどう乗り越えたのか。ノンフィクション作家・門田隆将が日航機事故で父を失った息子たちを訪ね、描き出した遺族たちの不屈の物語。